Obverse: bas-relief of speaker before group under tree; "The desert shall rejoice" below image and "QUINNIPIACK 1638" along perimeter. Reverse: bas-relief of river with 18th-century ship at bottom, 19th-century buildings and train in center, and 20th-century buildings and airplane at top; "THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF NEW HAVEN 1938" along perimeter; "AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE" under image.